ID 1129845
Los 225 | Relation de ce qui s'est passé en La Nouvelle France, es années 1640 et 1641
Schätzwert
$ 12 000 – 18 000
Siebert copy of the first edition of the Tenth Jesuit Relation, the first mention of Niagara Falls, with a prayer composed in Huron by martyr Joseph Chihwatenhwa. This is the final Relation written by Paul Le Jeune. In the course of discussing conflicts with the Iroquois in the Trois Rivieres region, he makes the first reference to Niagara Falls, which he calls Onguiaahra. The second work ends with an interlinear translation of a Huron prayer composed by Joseph Chihwatenhwa, who was killed in the violence following the smallpox epidemic at the Huron mission. Bell 19 (first issue); Church 455; Harrisse 77; McCoy 40.
Two parts in one, octavo (162 x 103mm). Woodcut printer's device (repair on title, some marginal dampstaining, second title with blank corner torn away). Contemporary limp vellum, title in ink on spine (faded). Provenance: removed stamp on title, repair noted in 1947 by Maggs – inscription of unidentified Jesuit College dated 1653 – Frank T. Siebert (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 21 May 1999, lot 40; sold to:) – Joseph A. Freilich (his sale, 10 January 2001, lot 277).
| Künstler: | Barthélemy Vimont (1594 - 1667) Jérôme Lalemant (1593 - 1673) Paul Le Jeune (1591 - 1664) |
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| Herkunftsort: | Frankreich |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Briefe, Dokumente und Manuskripte |
| Künstler: | Barthélemy Vimont (1594 - 1667) Jérôme Lalemant (1593 - 1673) Paul Le Jeune (1591 - 1664) |
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| Herkunftsort: | Frankreich |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Briefe, Dokumente und Manuskripte |
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